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Turmoil in Iran widens
June 17, 2009Original source: TEHRAN (Tehranbureau.com), June 15 — Dusk on Monday witnessed the most shocking scenes so far from the aftermath to Iran’s disputed election. Events have have now escalated to a level of intensity unprecedented since...
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MULTIMEDIA Six years without justice at Congress Hotel
June 16, 2009CHICAGO -- Thousands of union members, their families and supporters marched in solidarity with Unite Here's Congress Hotel workers on the sixth anniversary of the strike, June 15. Gov. Pat Quinn and city aldermen were among...
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Supreme Court refuses to hear case of Cuba 5
June 16, 2009WASHINGTON -- The United States Supreme Court today refused, without comment, to hear the case of the “Cuba 5,” Cuban citizens jailed by the federal government in a case that has generated intense international criticism of...
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Holocaust Museum, Kansas doctor: When hate and politics turn deadly
June 16, 2009WASHINGTON — Labor and human rights groups as well as political commentators have reacted with alarm to the May 31 murder of Dr. George Tiller, the Wichita doctor who performed abortions, and, 12 days later, the...
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Men 40% more likely to die from cancer than women
June 16, 2009(Xinhuanet) -- Men are almost 40 percent more likely than women to die from cancer, according to a new research report published Monday. Men are also about 70 percent more likely to be killed by cancers...
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